Chords for TONY JOE WHITE * Polk Salad Annie * Sweden 1969
Tempo:
70.175 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
G
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [A] [E] [F#]
[E] [A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [A] [E]
I'm going to tell you a little bit about it so you understand what I'm talking about.
Now down there we got a plant that grows out in the woods and the [A] fields.
[E] It looks something like a turntable green.
Except everybody calls it Pope Sally.
[A] Pope [B] Sally.
[E] [Em] [E]
I used to know a girl that lived down there.
She'd go out in the evenings and pick her [Em] mess up, [E] carry it [B] home and cook it [A] for supper.
[E] That's about all they had to eat.
But they did alright.
Down in Louisiana where the alligator grows so mean.
There lived a girl that sweared to the world that the alligators looked [A] tame.
Pope Sally Danny.
[E] Pope Sally Danny.
[G] Everybody [A] said it was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was working [A] on her chain [E] games.
A mean [A] vicious woman.
[Bm] [E] [A] [E]
Every day for supper time.
She'd go [D] down [E] by the truck [A] pan [E] and pick her mess up.
Pope Sally.
And carry it home [F#m] in a toast.
[A] Pope Sally Danny.
All [D] the gators [E] got your granny.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
A wretched, [A] [D] spiteful, [E] straight razor-toed woman.
Lord have mercy.
Now give me some of that.
[Em] [E] Oh [G] yeah.
[E] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E]
Alright.
Lord her daddy was lazy and no count.
Claimed he had a bad back.
And all her brothers were pit bulls.
Stealing [A] [E] watermelons out of [F#m] my truck [A] pan.
Pope Sally Danny.
The gators [E] got your granny.
[Em] Rah [E]-ooh.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
[E] [A] [E] Sock a little Pope Sally to me.
No I needn't me a mess of it.
[B] Rah [E]-ooh.
Ah.
[A] [E] Mm.
Ah.
Mm.
[D] [E]
Salad.
[N]
[E] [A] [E] [F#m]
[E] [A] [E]
I'm going to tell you a little bit about it so you understand what I'm talking about.
Now down there we got a plant that grows out in the woods and the [A] fields.
[E] It looks something like a turntable green.
Except everybody calls it Pope Sally.
[A] Pope [B] Sally.
[E] [Em] [E]
I used to know a girl that lived down there.
She'd go out in the evenings and pick her [Em] mess up, [E] carry it [B] home and cook it [A] for supper.
[E] That's about all they had to eat.
But they did alright.
Down in Louisiana where the alligator grows so mean.
There lived a girl that sweared to the world that the alligators looked [A] tame.
Pope Sally Danny.
[E] Pope Sally Danny.
[G] Everybody [A] said it was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was working [A] on her chain [E] games.
A mean [A] vicious woman.
[Bm] [E] [A] [E]
Every day for supper time.
She'd go [D] down [E] by the truck [A] pan [E] and pick her mess up.
Pope Sally.
And carry it home [F#m] in a toast.
[A] Pope Sally Danny.
All [D] the gators [E] got your granny.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
A wretched, [A] [D] spiteful, [E] straight razor-toed woman.
Lord have mercy.
Now give me some of that.
[Em] [E] Oh [G] yeah.
[E] [Em] [Bm] [E]
[A] [E]
Alright.
Lord her daddy was lazy and no count.
Claimed he had a bad back.
And all her brothers were pit bulls.
Stealing [A] [E] watermelons out of [F#m] my truck [A] pan.
Pope Sally Danny.
The gators [E] got your granny.
[Em] Rah [E]-ooh.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
[E] [A] [E] Sock a little Pope Sally to me.
No I needn't me a mess of it.
[B] Rah [E]-ooh.
Ah.
[A] [E] Mm.
Ah.
Mm.
[D] [E]
Salad.
[N]
Key:
E
A
G
Em
D
E
A
G
[G] _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm going to tell you a little bit about it so you understand what I'm talking about.
_ Now down there we got a plant that grows out in the woods and the [A] fields.
[E] It looks something like a turntable green. _ _
Except everybody calls it Pope Sally.
[A] Pope [B] Sally. _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I used to know a girl that lived down there.
_ She'd go out in the evenings and pick her [Em] mess up, [E] carry it [B] home and cook it [A] for supper.
[E] That's about all they had to eat.
But they did alright.
Down in Louisiana where the alligator grows so mean.
There lived a girl that sweared to the world that the alligators looked [A] tame.
Pope Sally Danny. _
[E] Pope Sally Danny.
_ _ [G] Everybody [A] said it was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was working [A] on her chain [E] games.
A mean [A] vicious woman.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ Every day for supper time.
She'd go [D] down [E] by the truck [A] pan [E] and pick her mess up.
Pope Sally.
And carry it home [F#m] in a toast.
[A] Pope Sally Danny.
All [D] the gators [E] got your granny.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
A wretched, [A] [D] spiteful, [E] straight razor-toed woman.
Lord have mercy.
Now give me some of that.
_ _ [Em] _ [E] Oh [G] yeah.
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright.
_ _ Lord her daddy was lazy and no count.
Claimed he had a bad back.
And all her brothers were pit bulls.
Stealing [A] [E] watermelons out of [F#m] my truck [A] pan.
Pope Sally Danny. _
The gators [E] got your granny.
[Em] Rah [E]-ooh.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games. _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ Sock a little Pope Sally to me.
No I needn't me a mess of it.
[B] Rah [E]-ooh.
Ah.
[A] [E] Mm. _ _
Ah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Mm. _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Salad.
_ _ _ _ [N] _
[E] _ _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'm going to tell you a little bit about it so you understand what I'm talking about.
_ Now down there we got a plant that grows out in the woods and the [A] fields.
[E] It looks something like a turntable green. _ _
Except everybody calls it Pope Sally.
[A] Pope [B] Sally. _ _
[E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
I used to know a girl that lived down there.
_ She'd go out in the evenings and pick her [Em] mess up, [E] carry it [B] home and cook it [A] for supper.
[E] That's about all they had to eat.
But they did alright.
Down in Louisiana where the alligator grows so mean.
There lived a girl that sweared to the world that the alligators looked [A] tame.
Pope Sally Danny. _
[E] Pope Sally Danny.
_ _ [G] Everybody [A] said it was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was working [A] on her chain [E] games.
A mean [A] vicious woman.
[Bm] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ [E] _ _
_ _ Every day for supper time.
She'd go [D] down [E] by the truck [A] pan [E] and pick her mess up.
Pope Sally.
And carry it home [F#m] in a toast.
[A] Pope Sally Danny.
All [D] the gators [E] got your granny.
Chomp, chomp, chomp.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games.
A wretched, [A] [D] spiteful, [E] straight razor-toed woman.
Lord have mercy.
Now give me some of that.
_ _ [Em] _ [E] Oh [G] yeah.
[E] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Alright.
_ _ Lord her daddy was lazy and no count.
Claimed he had a bad back.
And all her brothers were pit bulls.
Stealing [A] [E] watermelons out of [F#m] my truck [A] pan.
Pope Sally Danny. _
The gators [E] got your granny.
[Em] Rah [E]-ooh.
[G] Everybody said it [A] was a shame.
[G] Cause her mama was [A] working on [E] her chain games. _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _ Sock a little Pope Sally to me.
No I needn't me a mess of it.
[B] Rah [E]-ooh.
Ah.
[A] [E] Mm. _ _
Ah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Mm. _ _ _
[D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Salad.
_ _ _ _ [N] _
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